9 hospitals laying off workers

The financial challenges caused by the COVID-19 pandemic forced hundreds of hospitals across the nation to furlough, lay off or reduce pay for workers, and others have had to scale back services or close.

Lower patient volume, canceled elective procedures and higher expenses tied to the pandemic have created a cash crunch for hospitals, and hospitals are taking a number of steps to offset financial damage. Executives, clinicians and other staff are taking pay cuts, capital projects are being put on hold, and some employees are losing their jobs. More than 260 hospitals and health systems furloughed workers in the last year, and dozens of others have implemented layoffs.

Below are nine hospitals and health systems that are laying off employees. Some of the layoffs were attributed to financial strain caused by the pandemic.

1. Boca Raton, Fla.-basedCancer Treatment Centers of Americais selling its hospital in Philadelphia and will lay off the facility's 365 employees, according to a closure notice filed with the state. Cancer Treatment Centers of America said it anticipates the layoffs in Philadelphia will begin after May 30, according to thePhiladelphia Business Journal.

2.Providence Queen of the Valley Medical Centerin Napa, Calif., will lay off 10 employees,The Napa Valley Registerreported April 11. The layoffs will affect six emergency department technicians and four cooks. The COVID-19 pandemic had a "profound effect" on the hospital system, including volume and revenue reductions, a Providence spokesperson told The Napa Valley Register. As a result of volume declines in its ED, the health system is reducing staffing.

3.Olympia Medical Centerin Los Angeles closed March 31. The closure resulted in the layoffs of 451 employees.

4. The outgoing owners ofProvidence Behavioral Health Hospitalin Holyoke, Mass., are laying off the hospital's 151 employees, effective April 20, according toMassLive. Trinity Health of New England, part of Livonia, Mich.-based Trinity Health, is selling the hospital to Health Partners New England, which plans to take over the hospital April 20.

5. Boca Raton, Fla.-basedCancer Treatment Centers of Americaplans to close its hospital in Tulsa, Okla., June. 1. About 400 employees will beaffectedby the closure.

6. Plattsburgh, N.Y.-basedChamplain Valley Physicians Hospitalplans to cut 60 jobs. The hospital, which is facing a $6.5 million deficit in fiscal year 2021, said the cuts include 10 people who were laid off or had permanent hour reductions, 12 people who are planning retirement, and the rest are open positions that will not be filled, according to a March 9NBC 5report.

7. Buffalo, N.Y.-based Catholic HealthannouncedMarch 19 that it plans to end inpatient services and close the intensive care unit at itsSt. Joseph campus在奇克,纽约的变化将导致me positions being eliminated. Catholic Health said it will try to find affected employees comparable positions within the system.

8. Upper Allegheny Health System, a two-hospital system based in Olean, N.Y., plans to reduce acute care and surgical services atBradford (Pa.) Regional Medical Center. Under the plan, the acute care and surgical services will be moved to the health system's other hospital, Olean General Hospital, effective May 1. There will be a minimal number of layoffs resulting from the consolidation of services, a spokesperson toldWHYY.

9. Philadelphia-based Tower Health laid off 15 workers at St. Christopher's Hospital for Children, including four physicians, in March, according toThe Philadelphia Inquirer. Tower Health ended the second half of last year with an operating loss of $31 million, according to the report.

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